A GUIDE TO JAPANESE BUDDHISM – CONTENTS:
PART II: THE JAPANESE AND BUDDHISM
- Japanese Buddhism Today
- Buddhist Temples & the Japanese People
- Buddhist Rites of Passage in Traditional Japanese Life
- Buddhist Influences on Japanese Culture
- Major Annual Buddhist Festivals
- Shushō Service (New Year’s Day)
- Setsubun Service (The Heralding of Spring)
- Nehan Service (The Buddha’s Nirvana)
- Higan Service (Spring and Fall Equinox)
- Hana Matsuri (The Birth of the Buddha)
- O-Bon (Buddhist Memorial Day)
- Segaki Service (Buddhist Thanksgiving)
- Jodo Service (The Buddha’s Enlightenment)
- Joya Service (New Year’s Eve)
NOTES TO THE READER:
- Japanese personal names are traditionally written surname first. In this book, the authors have followed this tradition for persons who lived before the Meiji Restoration of 1867. However, in keeping with modern Japanese editorial practice for publications in foreign languages, names of persons who lived after that date are written surname last.
- The Japanese, Sanskrit, and Pali languages make distinction between long and short vowels that are often important to meaning. In this book (excluding Appendixes), long vowels are indicated by a long mark (-).
A GUIDE TO JAPANESE BUDDHISM
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